Etymology

outpost

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Today it means: A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops. Full definition →

English post ← Middle French poste ← Italian posta
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  10. Proto-Italic*po
  11. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  13. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  15. Proto-Italic*sinō
  16. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  17. Latinpōnō
  18. Latinposita
  19. Italianposta
  20. Middle Frenchposte
  21. Englishpost
  22. English todayoutpost

From out- + post.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.